BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[Just_Some_Guy]

No Box Scores on these games yet, but I figured I'd report the scores anyhow.

Schreiner 9 - Austin College 7

Schreiner improves to 6-1 on the young season.

Chris Armijo moved to 3-0 on the year and Kevin Jones pitched the last two innings for the save.

Schreiner had 14 hits, including three each from Tommy Cable (2 BIG hits), Jeremiah Kester (3 RBI) and Chase Kimball (3 RBI).

Hardin Simmons 12 - UT Permian Basin 4
Hardin Simmons 8 - UT Permian Basin 7

WP in game 1 was Dalton Rucker
WP in game 2 was Lance Johnson, Josh Alcorn got his 2nd save of the season

HSU hit 8 homeruns between the two games.

[Just_Some_Guy]

Comets Come Up One Out Short Of
Sweep of NCAA D-III Power Trinity

RICHARDSON, TX - The UTD baseball team bounced back from a devistating start to its 2007 season Saturday, pounding Trinity University, 14-8 in the second game of a doubleheader. The win was redemption for the Comets, who blew a 6-3 lead with two outs in the final inning of the first game, giving up 13 runs on their way to a 16-6 loss. The two teams play again Sunday at 1 pm at UTD Field.

(FROM UTD Website) Pretty sure devistating should be spelled devastating...lol

Game 1:
http://cometsports.utdallas.edu/NEWS/BASE/BOXES07/bs1trin.htm

Game 2:
http://cometsports.utdallas.edu/NEWS/BASE/BOXES07/bs2trin.htm

UTD returned every postion starter except for 1B Mark Perez on a team that hit .320 last year with 33 homeruns and averaged 7.5 runs a game.  If they can get a few pitchers to step up and contribute they'll certainly contend for the ASC title.

[Ralph Turner]

I blogged the McMurry-Chapman Doubleheader on the front page.

McM's Nick Schafer pitched 8 innings in the first to win 5-1.  Chapman rediscovered its offense in the second, winning 18-3.

[Bob Maxwell]

Ralph,

Thanks for the update... neither school had it up on their web page yet.

[Ralph Turner]

Bob, I know that the McMurry SID was busy with Hoops, Senior Day and special ceremonies.

The McMurry women finished second in the ASC-West.

The Men's were co-champs in the West and had a special ceremony honoring a player who graduated the year before I came who made the All-Lone Star Conference 75th Anniversary team.

[Just_Some_Guy]

Texas Lutheran 6 - Huston-Tillotson 0

WP Adam Enloe (1-0) 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 5 SO

LF Mat Moore was 3-4, 1 run, 3 RBI
3B Joseph Brade was 2-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI
DH Brandon Opheim was 2-4

Texas Lutheran 5 - Huston-Tillotson 2

WP Austin Yager (3-0) 7IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 SO

SS Jacob Kaase (.611) was 4-4, 2 RBI, 2 runs
DH Jason Foley was 2-4, 2 RBI
LF Mat Moore added 2 hits

TLU starting pitchers had 0 walks and one HBP on the day.

[Bob Maxwell]

thanks for the informaiton "Guy"...  with all the talk of Chapman, a lot of good teams have been lost site of.  Texas Lutheran being one of them...

And the northern teams haven't event taken the field yet...  most of them start in the next two weeks.  That is when things will be really interesting....

[Bob Maxwell]

Ralph,

It sounds like a buys weekend... we have them here all the time.  As one sport doesn't ever look at anothers schedule with they do theirs and we often times have 4 or 5 things happening over a weekend.  ANd I just want to go to baseball games or watch NFL footbal... LOL

That is really something about a player being named to the All-Conference 75 year Anniversay team.  Think of all the players who have been on the court for McMurry, let alone the entire conference over that time span.  That really is a great honor for the... I was going to say young man... but he is as old as you are...    I guess that does make him a young man, doesn't it? 

Seriously, congratuations to both the school and the hornoree!!!

That is really a terrific happening for all invovled!!!

[Ralph Turner]

What a game! Boxscore

I got to Comet Field (altho' no official name is present on the scoreboard that I can remember) in the 7th. 

After UT-D manufactured a run in the second on 2 walks, a SAC Bunt and an infield grounder, Trinity had gone up 3-1 in the bottom of the 5th.  Both starting pitchers had good outings for late February.

In the bottom of the 8th, Elizondo singled to right and Bird homered to left, tied 3-3.

In the bottom of the 9th, here is the heart of the inning...

...Cargile singled up the middle. Whitehead pinch ran for Cargile. Garcia singled through the right side; Whitehead advanced* to third. Poffenroth to p for Horn. Hand reached on a fielder's choice; Garcia advanced to second; Whitehead out at home p to c.

Hand's suicide squeeze just died in the dirt in front of the plate and Whitehead, the PR, was out by the "mile".  However, the asterisk (*) is to designate that Whitehead stumbled in what appeared to be loose dirt around the leadoff area at first.  He did not get a clean start.

The excitement extended to the top of the 10th.

Trinity University 10th - Vera out at first lf to ss to 1b. Holman
struck out swinging. Pennington struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

I was sitting at the top of the stands behind the plate and saw Vera stumble as he was rounding first on the apparent double to left.  UT-D called for the appeal and the first base umpire was following the runner.  He quickly called him out on appeal for missing first base, which lit the fuse on the Trinity fans.

In the bottom of the 10th,

Univ. Texas - Dallas 10th - Elizondo flied out to cf. Bird walked.
Jackson doubled to right field; Bird advanced to third. Elliott reached on a
fielding error by rf, SF, RBI; Jackson advanced to third; Bird scored. 1
run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

I interpreted the last play as a catch and then the RF bobbled the ball as he was preparing for the throw to the plate.  That would have been the second out anyway.  Bird easily ran home!

In the conversations after the game, a high school umpire from the Houston region said it looked like the missed base appeal was the right call, because he sees it all of the time, i.e., players missing bases.  It deflated the Trinity inning as the next 2 batters struck out, and the coach was ejected.

In all, this was a well-pitched game.  All four pitchers should be commended for this early season performance.

One other note, poster historymajor is heading up the effort to audio stream the Trinity games.  Contact him for more information.

Today's audio stream for UT-D was done by Dallas radio-TV icon, Bill Mercer.  Mr. Mercer has been the voice of many DFW area sports ventures and he now teaches at UNT.  He had one of his pupils doing color at the game today and it was wonderful to hear his broadcast up the back seat of the stands. If I find the archive, I will post it. 

[Just_Some_Guy]

Texas Lutheran 9 - Southwestern 3

Texas Lutheran improves to 7-0, rewards Coach Bill Miller with 500th career win.

LF Mat Moore (.389) 1-3, 3 RBI
1B Jason Foley (.348) 2-5, 2 runs, RBI
C Josh Moreno 2-4, 2 runs, RBI

Daniel Besa (2-0) relieved starter Kyle Newmanm, pitching 4.1 innings, 3 H, 0 R, 6 SO
Newman gave up 3 in 3.2

LP pitcher for Southwestern was Scott Rogers, 5.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 1 ER
Brad Culling was 1-2, w/ 2 BBs in the loss

[Just_Some_Guy]

East Division Hitter of the Week
Brett Amyx, 1B, Sr., Texas-Tyler Andrew Cantrell, RHP, So., East Texas Baptist
Texas-Tyler senior first baseman Brett Amyx (Coppell, Texas CHS) went 6-for-7, belting three home runs with eight RBI as the Patriots swept a three-game series with Mid America Christian. He scored five runs and walked once.

East Division Pitcher of the Week
East Texas Baptist sophomore right-hander Andrew Cantrell (Hilmar, California / HHS) hurled a complete-game five-hitter against Mary Hardin-Baylor, allowing one run and walking one. The Preseason ASC East Division Pitcher of the Year's performance came a day after UMHB had scored 24 runs.

West Division Hitter of the Week
Marcus Volz, OF, So., Mary Hardin-Baylor Nick Schafer, RHP, Sr., McMurry
Mary Hardin-Baylor sophomore outfielder Marcus Volz (Katy, Texas / Cinco Ranch HS) produced 10 hits (10-for-16) in a weekend series with East Texas Baptist, including going 5-for-5 in the opener. Volz scored seven runs, walked five times, stole three bases in three attempts and drove in three runs over a four-game stretch.

West Division Pitcher of the Week
McMurry senior right-hander Nick Schafer (San Antonio, Texas) allowed one run over eight innings, scattering five hits with no walks and two strikeouts to end No.3-ranked Chapman's seven game winning streak to begin the season. Schafer hadn't pitched since May 21, 2004 in the NCAA Division III West Regional because of an injured shoulder.




OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES

HITTER:
Mississippi College 2B Jody Britt went 8-for-13 with two home runs a triple and nine RBI over four games
Texas-Dallas OF Trent Elizondo went 9-for-15 with four doubles as the Comets took a series from nationally-ranked Trinity (Texas)
Ozarks 1B Andrew Teaster went 5-for-8 with three RBI during a 2-0 week, extending his hitting streak to five games
East Texas Baptist 1B Will Melton had five hits and scored five runs in a series win over Mary Hardin-Baylor
Hardin-Simmons OF Ryan Stepp was 6-for-8 with two home runs in a two-game sweep of Texas-Permian Basin
Schreiner OF Jeremiah Kester was 6-for-7 with four runs scored over a two-game sweep of Austin College
Texas Lutheran SS Jake Kaase was 8-for-10 with four RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Huston-Tillotson
Concordia-Austin OF Bryan Jacobs had five hits and stole two bases over three games against Southwestern.

PITCHER:
Ozarks RHP Robby Finnell did not allow a run over six innings to pick up the win against Hendrix
Texas-Tyler RHP Ryan Campbell went six innings, striking out seven to beat Mid America Christian
Texas Lutheran RHP Adam Enloe tossed a complete-game shutout with four hits against Huston-Tillotson
Schreiner LHP Colton Hermes didn't allow an earned run over seven innings in a win over Austin College
Concordia-Austin RHP Jonathan Miller collected nine strikeouts and didn't allow a run over seven innings against Southwestern
Mary Hardin-Baylor LHP Bill Pearce struck out 13 batters over seven innings in a loss to East Texas Baptist. 

[historymajor]

Trinity's home-opener tonight vs. UMHB will be webcast as well as live-stats...
Justin Parker, SID at the controls.

http://www.trinity.edu/departments/athletics/index.htm

Feb. 19, 2007 | Baseball | Live Stats | Webcast
Tiger Baseball Opens Home Schedule Tuesday Night
Fresh off a three-game road series at UT-Dallas, the Trinity baseball team will open up its home schedule with a single game against the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Tuesday night at E.M. Stevens Field.  The first pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and fans can follow the game via the live stats and webcast links..

[CUAfan]

West Division Pitcher of the Week
McMurry senior right-hander Nick Schafer (San Antonio, Texas) allowed one run over eight innings, scattering five hits with no walks and two strikeouts to end No.3-ranked Chapman's seven game winning streak to begin the season. Schafer hadn't pitched since May 21, 2004 in the NCAA Division III West Regional because of an injured shoulder.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
PITCHER:

Concordia-Austin RHP Jonathan Miller collected nine strikeouts and didn't allow a run over seven innings against Southwestern

I know beating Chapman was/is a big deal, but that stat line for Schafer says to me that it was the defense behind him, more than his stuff, that kept Chapman to one run. And while Chapman's gotta be better than Southwestern, 9 K's over 7 innings and no runs given up, and only one walk if I recall, is a better pure pitching performance than Schafer's.

[Bearkat00]

LETU gets runned by Hendrix 17-2.

Hendrix hits two grandslams in the 8th inning. 

Hendrix dh goes 4 for 4 with 8 rbi's

LETU runs their record to 1-4.  I have a feeling this is going ot be a LONG season for the Jackets. 

[Ralph Turner]

I know beating Chapman was/is a big deal, but that stat line for Schafer says to me that it was the defense behind him, more than his stuff, that kept Chapman to one run. And while Chapman's gotta be better than Southwestern, 9 K's over 7 innings and no runs given up, and only one walk if I recall, is a better pure pitching performance than Schafer's.

CUAfan, a good defense can make a pitcher.  Schafer pitched less than 100 pitches that day.  The defense played consistently.  I didn't see anything to say it was spectacular.  Rather it had a solid look to it during the game.